Curry-comb



(No Model.)V

G. F. DIETZ.

.. GURRY 00MB.

No. 380,250- Patented-Maf.- 27, l1888.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. DIETZ, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

c'uRRY-COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,250, dated March27, 1888.

Application -led August 15, 1887. Serial No. 246,963. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FREDERICKl the combis used, thus preventingthecomb from hurting the horse. I accomplish this by means of the devicedescribed herein, and, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is across-section on line :l: m, Fig. l, showing the construction andarrangement of the several parts. Fig. 3 is a view of the slottedfaceplate. Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the tooth-plates. Fig. 5 is aView of one end of the tooth-plates and a section of the spring, rivet,and ferrule on lines y y, Fig. 2.

A is the back plate of the curry-comb.

B is the slotted face-plate. y

O are the tooth-plates.

D are the rivets securing the back plate to the slotted face-plate. v

E are the ferrules which encircle the rivets D, and serve to hold theback and face plates apart.

F are the spiral springs encircling the ferrules between the back andface plates, and

engaging with the back plate andthe toothplates, pressing thetooth-plates out through the slots in the lface-plate when thetoothplates are free, but allowing the tooth-plates to be pressed intoward the face-plate when sufficient pressure is brought to bear uponthem.

G are the slots in the face-plate. H are the holes in the tooth-platesthrough which the ferrules are passed. yThese holes are larger than theferrules, and the slots G are wider than the thickness of thetooth-plates, so as to allow the tooth-plates to wabble back and forthplates, and the rivets D, in conjunction with the face-plate B, form themeans whereby the tooth-plates are secured to the back plate.

Shoulders might be formed on the rivets to take the place of theferrules, and it is obvious that various means can be employed to securethe toothed plates to the back plates in such a manner as to allow themto move to and from the back plate, and therefore I do not wish to belimited to the exact constructionshown.

The essence of myinvention consists in providing a curry-comb'with anumber of separate toothed plates so mounted upon the back of the combas to allow them to move to and from 'the back of the comb, thusallowing the tooth-plates to pass over the irregularities of the horsesform without hurting the horse.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

, 1. Acurry-comb consisting oftheback plate, A, slotted face-plate B,rivets D, ferrules E, springs F, and tooth-plates C, substantially asdescribed.

2. A curry-comb comprising the combination of the back plate, A, theslotted face-plate B, secured thereto by the rivets D, movabletooth-plates C, mounted between the face and A back plates, and thesprings F, -mounted between and engaging with the toothed plates

